Here we are one third of the way through the race and moving onto our next continent, Africa. My squad and I have been living throughout Southeast Asia for the past three months and no amount of preparation can lead you to expect what we experienced. After two months in Chatturat, Thailand, I present you another numerical order recap of these past 8 weeks….

1,000 moments of laughter

51 hours in the back of a pickup truck

44 days of soccer ministry

41 hours on a bus

30 Thai teas (at least!!)

22 hours in a rice field

20 panda pops

17 classrooms

7 schools

6 children in our home

6 “falongs”

5 new foods

5 tigers

4 churches

2 unprepared testimonies

2 puppies

2 minutes of prayer before everything

1 personal haircut

1 girl peeing her pants

1 night of camping

1 Thai flu

1 Christmas away from home

1 elephant ride

.5 a shaved head